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OPINION

Religious right wants fears validated

Only 4 out of 10 people voted in the election on Nov. 4 in South Carolina. The lowest in 30 years.

The religious right is a part of the conservative movement — they are almost a majority of the Republican Party here in South Carolina and they are the reason Republicans “won” so big this time. Convincing people to “become just like the religious right” isn’t going to help this country get a more liberal agenda. The people who drift toward these right-wing religions are people who crave “acceptance” of their own nutty ideas. They want a “shadow government” that validates their fears and makes them feel “important.” Those churches aren’t about “spirituality” — they are about belonging to a “clique.”

The Republicans didn’t win a majority with registered voters — they simply got their voters to turn out, and the Democrats didn’t. Yes, elections are about the economy. People always vote for the people they think will make their lives better economically, not spiritually.

Do you honestly think liberals have the need to “belong” like these wing-nuts do? And religions are of necessity “authoritarian.” Do you honestly think that appeals to liberals? Odd — they haven’t shown it in the past, and they’ve still done all right in politics when they gave voters a reason to turn out.